Shanghai, 12th May, 1904.
Sm_—I am directed to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 29th April, wherein the Council is informed that the Governors of the Hospital are no longer able to provide accommodation for serious cases of mental disease, and to inform you that the matter is receiving the attention of the Council with a view to the provision of temporary accommodation of such cases pending the erection of a suitable building when funds and cireunstances permit.
Tam, Sir, Your obedient servant, J. 0. P. Buaso, J. D. THorsuny, Esq.,
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